"Tower Lord, could you be more specific? What kind of technique is this?" Chu Xuan was startled. After spending so much time with Tower Lord, this was the first time he had seen Tower Lord in such a panic.

Tower Lord's tone was very serious, "If I am not mistaken, this technique should be called the Heavenly Evil Demon Art. It is an extremely sinister and demonic technique. To cultivate this technique, two conditions are necessary: first, sufficient time, and second, sufficient demon seeds. The latter is especially important.

"Moreover, the best demon seeds are those with extraordinary physical and spiritual talents. Once such a prodigy becomes a demon seed, not only is it easy to condense high-quality demon seeds, but they also completely become puppets of the cultivator, unable to resist any commands from the cultivator. There is even an extreme case where, when the cultivator's life is exhausted, they can possess the demon seed around them and take over everything from them!" Tower Lord took a deep breath when mentioning this demonic technique.

When this demonic technique appeared in the demon realm, it caused a bloodbath that lasted for tens of thousands of years.

Until the creator of the Heavenly Evil Demon Art was killed by a stronger being.

"I didn't expect that after so many tens of thousands of years, the Heavenly Evil Demon Art, which was completely eradicated in the demon realm, still has remnants in this small Qingming Realm. If the demon realm finds out about this, the entire Qingming Realm will probably be completely destroyed!" Tower Lord's tone was fearful.

Looking at the technique stele in front of him, Chu Xuan also felt a chill.

Using prodigies who have broken through the void as demon seeds and puppets, such a demonic technique is unheard of.

Once the news leaks, the entire Qingming Realm will be in chaos.

"Who would have thought that the seemingly opportune Saint Ceremony was actually a scam by the Qingming Palace to cultivate demon seeds... But one thing is strange, if it's a scam, how did Li Huo, the winner of the last ceremony, break through to become a Saint Lord?" Chu Xuan continued to ask.

Tower Lord was also puzzled, "This is not very clear to me either. After all, the Heavenly Evil Demon Art has disappeared in the demon realm for tens of thousands of years. However, if I could interact with Saint Lord Li Huo a few more times, maybe there would be clues..." "Still interact?" Knowing this is a trap, according to Tower Lord's nature, shouldn't he run as far as possible? Or is there some hidden affair between the Heavenly Evil Demon Art and Tower Lord that he doesn't know about? Chu Xuan thought about it but decided not to ask further.

What he should know, Tower Lord would definitely tell him. What he shouldn't know, asking would be useless.

"Only one thing, if I want to continue interacting with Saint Lord Li Huo, I must at least pass the second stage of the assessment, and to pass the assessment, I must cultivate this technique..." Chu Xuan slightly frowned.

Since it's about finding demon seeds, the body, talent, and comprehension must all be top-notch, and the Heavenly Evil Demon Art is the most important part of the Qingming Palace's test.

Tower Lord also knew this and suddenly sneered, "Sometimes I have to say, Chu boy, you are lucky. The most important part of this demonic technique is to condense a demon mark within the body. As long as the body and talent are strong enough, as the cultivation of the demonic technique deepens, the demon mark will turn into a demon seed, completely becoming the other party's cultivation resource and puppet. To avoid this, it's very simple, just find a strong enough demon spirit to devour the demon mark before it transforms into a demon seed!" And demon spirits are extremely hard to find outside the demon realm, but there happens to be one by Chu Xuan's side.

Chu Xuan immediately realized that Tower Lord was talking about Black Stripe.

"Black Stripe, come out and work!" Sss! A pitch-black snake shadow immediately rushed out from the Heaven-Swallowing Jar, circling around Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan didn't hold back, seeing Tower Lord so concerned and serious about something, he didn't ask further but sat down and silently began to cultivate the Heavenly Evil Demon Art from the stele.

Boom! As the demonic technique was cultivated.

Chu Xuan could clearly feel a strange force pouring into his body, even imprinting on his soul.

At this moment, swoosh.

A pitch-black snake appeared in his consciousness, swallowing the vortex formed by the strange force in one gulp.

The demon mark that should have existed in Chu Xuan's body was actually transferred to Black Stripe.

Unfortunately, it was clear to see a mysterious demon pattern appearing on Black Stripe's body.

"Tower Lord, will this have any effect on Black Stripe?" "Black Stripe, who can even eat magical artifacts as food, let alone one demon mark, even ten more wouldn't have much effect on Black Stripe, it's just a bit slow to digest." As if to prove Tower Lord's words, just after swallowing one demon mark, Black Stripe actually burped.

Chu Xuan was also speechless.

Then he felt much more at ease.

Now that the demon seed issue was resolved, the rest was how he could get in touch with Saint Lord Li Huo, and also how to obtain the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art.

For safety, Chu Xuan pretended to continue cultivating in the stone forest for a full three months.

Until he heard the bell above the stone forest, he got up, walked out of the stone forest, and returned to the open space of the Saint Ceremony. At this time, there were less than a hundred people left here! "That is to say, half of the people failed the second stage of the test?" Chu Xuan was slightly surprised. Not far away, the cries of those who failed the assessment were already heard.

They were grieving for not being able to cultivate the demon mark and pass the assessment, but they didn't know that this might be their greatest luck.

"If I were to reveal the matter of the Heavenly Evil Demon Art, I wonder what expressions these people would have?" Chu Xuan had a malicious thought.

But he didn't dare.

At least without sufficient means to protect his life, he didn't dare to leak it. Once leaked, the lofty Saint Lord Li Huo could kill him with a single finger.

"Not bad, you actually passed the second stage of the assessment on the last day." Not far away, several gazes were watching Chu Xuan, one of them being Lu Fei from the Qingming Four Young Masters.

"It is said that Lu Fei's faction has deep hatred with the Beast Hall..." Chu Xuan thought of the intelligence Bai Yiyi had given him, then he subconsciously glanced in the direction of the three Beast Sons. He saw the three Beast Sons gathered together, whispering about something, as if sensing Chu Xuan's gaze.

Ma Huo coldly looked up, his tone mocking, "Just an ordinary technique, yet it took you three months to barely master it. I overestimated you, you are no different from those human trash!" "Whose livestock wasn't tied up properly? Running out and barking randomly?" Chu Xuan looked around, pretending to seriously look for the owner.

Bai Yiyi in the distance couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

The other prodigies who reacted also burst into laughter.

The three Beast Sons always treated humans as trash, which had long angered everyone, and Chu Xuan's counterattack was just right.

Even the other three of the Qingming Four Young Masters looked at Chu Xuan with much gentler eyes, "This person has a strong body, average comprehension, but commendable courage!" "I just wonder how long such courage can last?"